Springer begins worldwide migration of customers to new SpringerLink - October 2, 2012
STM publisher Springer has begun migrating its global library customers to its new and improved version of the SpringerLink platform. The platform was re-engineered with a focus on improving the user experience based on three principles - speed, simplicity and optimisation. After more than 18… Read More
Dell, University of Illinois create preservation archive with Fedora Repository Software - October 1, 2012
IT firm Dell, US, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a new digital archive for the latter's university system. The archive is said to simplify how the university manages digital assets, including rare books and faculty intellectual property output… Read More
University of Utah, NPG join Labtiva’s pilot for access to single journal articles - September 28, 2012
Software company Labtiva, US, has launched a pilot programme that seeks to provide libraries and institutions with affordable and instant access to scientific articles in non-subscribed journals. The first participants in the pilot programme, called ReadCube Access, are the University of Utah and Read More
Four new publishers to participate in CLOCKSS Archive - September 28, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of four new publishers in its digital preservation archive. The publishers include the American Diabetes Association, the American Meteorological Society, Clay Minerals Society and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. The American Diabetes Association seeks to prevent and cure… Read More
OCLC adds Italian public library records to WorldCat - September 27, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has added the records of a group of more than 100 public libraries in the province of Trento, Italy, to WorldCat. This addition significantly increases the number of Italian language records in what is claimed to be the world's largest database… Read More
Methodist Dallas Medical Center selects ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support - September 26, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Methodist Dallas Medical Center has selected its ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, software as its electronic order set solution. ProVation Order Sets claims to be an easily customisable order set… Read More
